the archives

  • one year off, another on

    one year off, another on

    I started this blog back in September of 2023, and now it’s April of 2025. In the event that my life started to shift and my creative mind fell a bit flat, I never posted a single piece in 2024. As I am now 22, I’m only a bit wiser than I was at 20. Read more

  • 23 from 2023

    23 from 2023

    A year can be a long time, or it can go by in flash- as if it was suddenly the start of the spring, and next thing you know it’s Christmas. 2023 was one of the longest years of my life. I was happy, tired, grateful, isolated, resilient, and broken. I think years that challenge Read more

  • being smart, but not smart enough

    being smart, but not smart enough

    Finals week is here. Luckily, I had 3 back-to-back finals this past Monday, so I’m done with this stressful week from hell. Thinking about everything that leads up to this week each semester inspired me to write this piece. The Beginning Growing up, I was always considered to be smart. I remember in school always Read more

  • the joy of missing out

    the joy of missing out

    I feel like there has been this increase of pressure in society when it comes to always being on top of everything, doing the absolute most at the exact time it’s needed, and being present at everything you possibly can. I think we’ve all fallen victim to this idea. There is a certain type of Read more

  • going nowhere

    going nowhere

    I had little to no motivation the last two weeks, hence why I had no new posts. I’m not really sure anyone entirely cares but I felt a little guilty. So hello again. I like to write about all of the things I don’t talk about. I think sometimes I find peace in writing about Read more

  • to be a woman

    to be a woman

    To be a woman is to ‘this’… to be a woman is to ‘that’… blah blah blah. The age old question of “What really makes a woman a woman?” gets me every time. I could go on and on for hours about it. There’s this Margaret Atwood quote I’ve had circulating my notes app for Read more